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title: "Valuation Lens — October 2, 2026"
type: "valuation_lens"
date: "2026-10-02"
data_cutoff: "2026-10-03T03:35:00Z"
status: "final"
schema_version: "3.4.0"
methodology_version: "cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4"
run_id: "cxpw_vl_20261002_001"
canonical_url: "https://cxprowealth.com/valuation-lens-2026-10-02/"
publisher: "CXProWealth"
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# Valuation Lens — October 2, 2026

> Valuation Lens answers "what is this worth?". Every fair-value figure is an INDEX where today's market price = 100. A median of 112.5 means the model's median fair value is 12.5% above the current price. Valuation scores run -3 to +3 where POSITIVE means cheap — the opposite convention to Market Lens scores. Modeled returns are scenario distributions under stated assumptions, not forecasts.

**Data cutoff:** Oct 2, 2026, 11:35 PM EDT  
**One-year Treasury hurdle:** 4.58% (TREASURY_1Y)  
**Methodology:** cxpw_valuation_lens_v3.4

## Overall

**With the one-year Treasury par yield at 4.58% and the 10-year real yield at 2.91% near the top of its ten-year range, US large-cap and Developed Pacific equities screen expensive against today-equivalent fair value while broad bonds, Europe and China sit at or modestly below it.**

A 4.58% one-year Treasury par yield alongside a 10-year real yield of 2.91% at the top of its ten-year range sets an unusually high opportunity cost against every risk asset in this report.

## Asset classes, cheap to expensive

| Asset class | Benchmark | Score | Label | Median FV | P25–P75 | Upside to median | 1y modeled | vs Treasury |
| --- | --- | ---: | --- | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Fixed Income | BND | +1.0 | Somewhat cheap | 102.0 | 99.0–105.0 | +2.0% | +5.5% | +0.9% |
| Europe Equities | VGK | +0.3 | Fair | 101.0 | 95.0–108.0 | +1.0% | +7.0% | +2.4% |
| China & Hong Kong Equities | MCHI | +0.3 | Fair | 102.0 | 91.0–115.0 | +2.0% | +8.0% | +3.4% |
| Crypto | BTC-USD | +0.3 | Fair | 103.0 | 88.0–123.0 | +3.0% | +6.0% | +1.4% |
| Japan Equities | EWJ | -0.2 | Fair | 99.0 | 93.0–106.0 | -1.0% | +7.5% | +2.9% |
| Real Estate | VNQ | -0.4 | Somewhat expensive | 98.0 | 91.0–106.0 | -2.0% | +6.0% | +1.4% |
| Emerging Markets Equities | VWO | -0.6 | Somewhat expensive | 97.0 | 90.0–105.0 | -3.0% | +7.0% | +2.4% |
| Metals | GLD | -0.8 | Somewhat expensive | 96.0 | 89.0–104.0 | -4.0% | +3.0% | -1.6% |
| Energy | XLE | -1.5 | Expensive | 90.0 | 82.0–100.0 | -10.0% | +3.0% | -1.6% |
| US Equities | SPY | -1.8 | Expensive | 90.0 | 82.5–97.5 | -10.0% | +5.5% | +0.9% |
| Developed Pacific Equities | EWA | -2.0 | Expensive | 88.0 | 82.0–96.0 | -12.0% | +4.0% | -0.6% |

### Fixed Income — +1.0 (Somewhat cheap)

Benchmark: BND (US Broad Bond Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 95.5, P25 99.0, median 102.0, P75 105.0, P90 108.5. The market price sits at the 33.3th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +5.5%, P10 -2.0% to P90 +12.5%. Starting modeled portfolio yield to maturity of approximately 5.1% plus curve roll-down, less a weighted distribution of yield and spread changes applied through 5.7-year duration and convexity.

**Probability note:** the 56% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 44%.

### Europe Equities — +0.3 (Fair)

Benchmark: VGK (Europe Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 88.0, P25 95.0, median 101.0, P75 108.0, P90 115.0. The market price sits at the 45.8th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +7.0%, P10 -15.0% to P90 +24.5%. Decomposition into sustainable earnings growth near 7%, a combined dividend and buyback distribution near 4.7%, and a small negative valuation-change term reflecting the modeled median fair value of 101, with a dispersion calibrated to European index volatility in US-dollar terms.

### China & Hong Kong Equities — +0.3 (Fair)

Benchmark: MCHI (China Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 80.0, P25 91.0, median 102.0, P75 115.0, P90 127.0. The market price sits at the 45.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +8.0%, P10 -27.0% to P90 +38.0%. Earnings growth near 11% on a recovering base, a 1.99% trailing distribution yield, and a broadly flat valuation-change term; dispersion widened well beyond developed-market equity ranges to reflect policy and geopolitical variance.

### Crypto — +0.3 (Fair)

Benchmark: BTC-USD (Bitcoin)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 72.0, P25 88.0, median 103.0, P75 123.0, P90 144.0. The market price sits at the 45.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.0%, P10 -48.0% to P90 +78.0%. Partial convergence toward the modeled median fair value of 103 with no cash-flow component, applied over an extremely wide, right-skewed dispersion calibrated to the asset's realized return distribution rather than to any valuation anchor.

### Japan Equities — -0.2 (Fair)

Benchmark: EWJ (Japan Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 87.0, P25 93.0, median 99.0, P75 106.0, P90 113.0. The market price sits at the 53.6th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +7.5%, P10 -16.0% to P90 +26.0%. Earnings growth near 8% supported by rising return on equity, a combined dividend and buyback distribution near 3.5%, and a slightly negative valuation-change term; dispersion widened for unhedged yen exposure in a US-dollar vehicle.

### Real Estate — -0.4 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: VNQ (US Real Estate)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 83.0, P25 91.0, median 98.0, P75 106.0, P90 114.0. The market price sits at the 56.3th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +6.0%, P10 -15.0% to P90 +22.0%. Distribution yield near 4.0% plus funds-from-operations growth near 4% consistent with 2.8% same-store net operating income growth, less a small negative valuation-change term from the modeled median fair value of 98.

### Emerging Markets Equities — -0.6 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: VWO (Emerging Markets Broad Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 83.0, P25 90.0, median 97.0, P75 105.0, P90 113.0. The market price sits at the 59.4th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +7.0%, P10 -21.0% to P90 +29.5%. Earnings growth near 10% reflecting the emerging-market growth differential, a dividend yield near 2.6%, and a negative valuation-change term from the modeled median fair value of 97; dispersion widened for currency and semiconductor-cycle variance.

### Metals — -0.8 (Somewhat expensive)

Benchmark: GLD (Gold)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 82.0, P25 89.0, median 96.0, P75 104.0, P90 112.0. The market price sits at the 62.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +3.0%, P10 -19.5% to P90 +24.5%. Partial convergence toward the modeled median fair value of 96 plus structural official-sector and investment demand, with no cash-flow component for the physical metals; the mining sleeves add operating leverage to the dispersion.

**Probability note:** the 46% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 72%.

### Energy — -1.5 (Expensive)

Benchmark: XLE (US Energy Sector)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 73.0, P25 82.0, median 90.0, P75 100.0, P90 110.0. The market price sits at the 75.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +3.0%, P10 -24.0% to P90 +31.0%. Blended across the class: producer equities contribute a high shareholder yield offset by an earnings base priced on a declining strip, while the commodity vehicles contribute negative expected roll and a forward curve pointing below spot.

**Probability note:** the 47% chance of beating the Treasury hurdle is scenario-implied, NOT a calibrated probability. The unconditional historical base rate is 61%.

### US Equities — -1.8 (Expensive)

Benchmark: SPY (US Large-Cap Index)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 74.0, P25 82.5, median 90.0, P75 97.5, P90 105.0. The market price sits at the 80.0th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +5.5%, P10 -17.0% to P90 +24.0%. Sustainable earnings growth near 8% after haircutting consensus, a combined dividend and buyback yield near 2.3%, and a negative valuation-change term of roughly 4% reflecting partial drift toward the modeled justified multiple. The 85.32% upstream historical base rate was explicitly not used to set this median.

### Developed Pacific Equities — -2.0 (Expensive)

Benchmark: EWA (Australia Broad Market)

**Fair-value distribution** (market = 100): P10 75.0, P25 82.0, median 88.0, P75 96.0, P90 104.0. The market price sits at the 82.5th percentile of that distribution.

**One-year modeled return:** median +4.0%, P10 -17.0% to P90 +20.5%. Earnings growth near 5%, the 3.6% forward dividend yield, and a negative valuation-change term of roughly 4% reflecting partial drift toward the modeled justified multiple; dispersion widened for currency and for the unmodeled Singapore and New Zealand weights.

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3. ICE BofA US Corporate Index Option-Adjusted Spread (BAMLC0A0CM) — Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED), ICE Data Indices — https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BAMLC0A0CM
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